Sjaaks wrote: 
Sjaaks, please tell me how you know this 'for a fact'?
Okay, I confess. Half of Mark's discography sounds the same as the other half.
Feel better? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g81TGTzWuO4&playnext_from=TL&videos=Ce85u4cGyy4

 bindi wrote: 

Yes, Always!

damn! Has Mark always been this good on guitar?  Got to get this one.

 Papernapkin wrote: 

Your lame-ass comments all tell the same.

I just know for a fact you do not know the half of Mark's discography, because you wouldn't be saying something like this if you did...

10

I never knew the name of this song before.  My gramps was kind of a single handed sailor.  He was on a carrier in WWII, then later lost his right arm while handpropping an airplane.

I rate all Dire Straits as 9's.
I rate Mark Knopfler's albums as 10's.

10 for song writing-10 for guitar and 10 for arrangements...
he just gets better and better- that's godlike. 

Mark's tunes all sound the same.

Absolutely no-doubt in my mind this is the number one DS song for me. But i can't believe i just missed it over taking a piss and bumping into somebody for a quick chat. Oh well, guess i'll have to play it from my mp3 player this time to make up for loss... :)

Can't rate it any lower than a 10...

You always wonder if anyone reads anything you write in here. Glad to see that I struck an evidently resonant chord with my earlier comment. Thanks for the note.

 ducu wrote: 

 FrankMc wrote: 
You made your point... I rated again, on a second listen, to 9... I have to say in the same time that I like your playlist... "strange" Godlikes you have (as you have described them earlier)...

Regards

I just have to ask, what on earth is wrong with other parts of the song? IMHO,  great lyrics, great storytelling, excellent production, masterful singing. Knopfler my not have a great voice in some folks' estimation but he is a great singer. I don't give it a 10 because Godlike implies (again IMHO) a sort of life-changing, epic quality and this song is more subtle and human than that, and I know that means I'm arguing over a point (twixt 8 and 9) but this song is the sum of its parts, not a ragtag band of hangers on dragged upward by Knopfler's virtuosic ax work. And Knopfler can sing.

 ducu wrote: 

 stonesmaster wrote: 

Indeed it is...  for the guitar I would give a 10, but per total I rate 8

Guitar God

 WayUpNorth wrote: 
You mean soooooooooooooooooo good?

Since Romeo doesn't seem to be listening right now, I'll have to say it ... this song is so good for the ears ...

This song is soooo good for the ears...

 FrankMc wrote: 
I'm pretty sure Joshua Slocum was the first solo circumnavigator.  He left Boston in 1895, and returned to Newport R.I. in 1898, three years before Sir Chichester was born.  Chichester was the first to solo the "clipper route", still the fastest sailing route around the globe. But we do agree on the excellence of this album.

LOVE that guitar hook ... amazing! 

Right on!

You can play this whole album anytime you want.
Truly awesome!

Dire Straits is Outstanding ^^

Pure magic, just what I needed...thanks Bill!

There goes my spine...shivering again!

Love this. Makes me want to hear some Richard Thompson.

 prickelpit96 wrote: 
Hahaha. Nice song tho!

This album was underappreciated at the time of its release. I loved it and some of my music snob friends dissed it. They couldn't budge me from my affection for this fine album. Single Handed Sailor (written in honor of Sir Francis Chichester, first man to circumnavigate the globe solo, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Chichester ) is a particular joy. 

 ajlept wrote: 
Neil Young released a double CD with Crazy Horse years back, called The Year of the Horse I believe. Kind of weird release, esp. for Neil Young, as song titles didn't match the label, and stuff like that.

At any rate, it's a live recording, and included at the start of one of the discs is an audience member yelling out, "All your songs sound the same!"

(I give NY credit for including this on the recording.)

There's a 3 beat hesitation, and then Young slurs back, "It's all one song!"

Which is true of so many bands. Keith Richards plays the same basic riff, never mind song, for over 40 years - that's part of his genius. People here, I'm sure, can name dozens of others in this vein.

I saw Knopfler and DS in concert many years back, and thought it absolutely great. Unfortunately for my estimation of him, I saw Clapton in concert, same venue, about 3 nights later.

Still, I like it - good enough for an 8/10 rating!

 dctrpunda wrote: 
Absolutely! Knophler's playing style is what I find hypnotic in much of Dire Straits' work.  His vocal stylings are unique, versatile, and fit his music well whether as a solo artist or with DS.  GREAT headphone music too!    Check out Love Over Gold sometime...his O-C tendencies got the best of him on that project from what I've heard over the years....took ~4 years to complete.

I gotta say that I find Mark Knopfler's voice pretty tiring. It seems like one of those voices that's ok for a few songs but after that, I'm done.